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Issue Details

Issue #317
Published September 1983
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 16
Editing ?
Notes Job number refers to the Elias Brothers co-branded editions of this comic. Different numbers are used in other co-branded editions.

Cover Details - "Yeow!"

Characters Big Boy
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Manny Stallman (signed)
Inks Manny Stallman (signed)
Notes Job number refers to the Elias Brothers co-branded editions of this comic. Different numbers are used in other co-branded editions.

1 page Big Boy letters page "Dolly! Come Look At All The Letters We Got!!"

Characters Big Boy
Synopsis Reader letters.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover.

5 page Big Boy story "High Cost of Beauty"

Characters Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Shari; gym personnel
Synopsis Big Boy and Dolly go to a gym to try to lose a few pounds and wind up worse for the wear.
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman

1 page State Of The Union text article "Hawaii"

Characters Big Boy; Nugget
Synopsis Facts about Hawaii and a map showing a Bob's Big Boy located in Honolulu.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Big Boy Restaurants advertisement "When Out For Relaxation This Is The Combination"

Letters typeset

2 page Big Boy Club activity "Big Boy Club Page"

Synopsis Riddles and ideas from readers, along with a bookmark, reader vote results, secret code info, and a form to join the club.

2 page Big Boy story "World's Greatest Watchdog!"

Characters Big Boy; Nugget; Mrs. Garcia; newsboy; crook
Synopsis Nugget barks at and chases everyone who stops by until told to quit...and then a crook breaks in.
Genre humor

1 page Quick-Change Puzzles activity "Quick-Change Puzzles"

Synopsis Word puzzles (hand-drawn).

1 page Big Boy story "The Battle Plan That Failed..."

Characters Big Boy; Pete
Synopsis Big Boy tries to help Pete deal with a bully.
Genre humor
Notes Inside back cover.

Half page Let's Build Our Own Zoo! text article "Let's Build Our Own Zoo!"

Characters Willard H. Warthog
Synopsis Information about warthogs.
Genre fact
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Back cover.

Half page Big Boy Restaurants activity "Michigan's Favorite Family Restaurants"

Synopsis Ad consisting of a list of the Elias Brothers Big Boy Restaurants in Michigan.
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Indexed from Elias Brothers co-branded issue. See series notes for other possible co-branding combinations throughout the United States.